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耳熟能详

ěr shú néng xiáng

so familiar you can recite it

Character by character

耳ěr
ears
熟shú
familiar
能néng
can
详xiáng
detail

Example

这些童话故事大家都耳熟能详。
Everyone knows these fairy tales by heart.

Tone: neutral.

Usage and origin

熟 is shú in careful speech (shóu colloquially).

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